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No. 44 Yodle

Website:Yodle.comTwitter handle:@YodleCEO: Court CunninghamHeadquarters: ManhattanThree-year growth rate: 188%2012 revenue: $132.2 millionProfitable? YesLocal employees: 280Total employees: 1,100What it does: Helps small businesses market onlineHow it grew: In just under seven years, Yodle has worked with 35,000 small businesses across the country—including plumbers, roofers, contractors, dentists and mortgage brokers—helping them reach new customers using the same type of sophisticated online marketing and advertising tools of much larger companies.

"We level the playing field for the small guy," said Court Cunningham, Yodle's chief executive.

Yodle's services include website development and search optimization. The company, which has been profitable for the past two years, saw sales rise 50% last year, according to Mr. Cunningham.

This year, Yodle acquired Atlanta-based Lighthouse Practice Management Group which bought it 6% market share of all dentists in the U.S. Lighthouse will also help Yodle to expand its services to offer customer retention.

Yodle can now give its clients the ability to cultivate relationships by, for example, sending appointment reminders to dental patients by text message and integrating patients' reviews on a dentists' website.

With more than 1,100 employees across the country—and 280 in New York—Yodle is outgrowing its current headquarters. "We are adding positions in sales, web development, marketing and service," Mr. Cunningham said. —Lisa Fickenscher

Yodle provides website development and search optimization. Its services were misstated in an earlier version of the slide show 2013 Fast 50, originally published online Oct. 6, 2013.